Bwenzi la woimbayo lidawauza, Khvorostovsky anapatsidwa magawo oyamba a chemotherapy. Akatswiri tsopano amalankhula makamaka ndi madokotala komanso okondedwa ake, chifukwa adaganizira kwambiri za chithandizo.
Malingaliro a madokotala ndi abwino kwambiri, ndipo woimba wotchuka wotchuka sangathe kuletsa zikondwerero ku Russia, zomwe zikukonzekera kugwa. Matikiti a malonda sanachotsedwe: mabwenzi onse a ojambula, ndipo iye mwini ali ndi chidaliro kuti matendawa adzatha kupambana. Kale pa November 10 ku Bolshoi Theatre Dmitry Hvorostovsky adzachita monga membala wa Elena Obraztsova. Malingana ndi wothandizira woimbayo, wojambulayo ndithudi adzalowerera mu msonkhano uwu:
"Khvorostovsky adzatenga nawo mbali, monga Dmitri akuyembekeza kuti m'dzinja adzakhala bwino ndi thanzi"
Mnzanu wa woimbayo amatsimikiza kuti Dmitry Hvorostovsky amathandizidwa ndi nyimbo
Mtsogoleri wa dziko la Italy, Fabio Mastrangelo, atauza olemba nkhani kuti, pambuyo pa njira zambiri, woimba wa ku Russia anavutika kwambiri. Ngati poyamba Dmitry asanavutike kuyendayenda, tsopano akubwezeretsanso kuwonetseratu kwa kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe kake. A Italy anawuza olemba nkhani zatsopano za ubwenzi wake kuti:
"... akumva bwino kwambiri tsopano, wapyola njira zomwe analembedwera ndipo akufunitsitsa kugonjetsa matendawa. Dmitry akupita patsogolo. Kugwirizanitsa kwathunthu kwa gululi kunabwerera - zinali zovuta kuti ayende "
Mkuluyo adadabwa kuti Khvorostovsky adapereka ku London, pomwe wina wina m'malo mwake adawona mtendere ndi mpumulo. Komabe, ntchitoyi pamaso pa omvera inapereka mphamvu kwa woimbayo. Mastrangelo amakhulupirira kuti nyimbo zimakhudza moyo wa Dmitry Hvorostovsky. Mkuluyo adanena kuti Dmitry yemwenso amadziwa kuti nyimbo zimachiritsa, ndipo kuimba pang'onopang'ono kumapita kwa wojambula yekha kwabwino.